5 Postcards From Philip Peabody Dated 1909

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This auction is for 5 postcards from Philip Peabody. They do have some slight wear including creases.Un Researched so look at the photos. Be sure to check out my other items and letters also.
Philip Glendower Peabody was born in 1857 and married Mabel Glenwood Davis, in 1879. They had one child, Charles Livingston Peabody born in 1880, and it is listed that they had another child, Olive Whipple Peabody, who was our diarist and was actually adopted by Philip G. Peabody. Philip Peabody was a world traveler and by 1924 he had circumvented the earth several times and had gone on approximately 145 cruises, many with his only son Charles. He was quite the figure and quite an enigma. His family history is in several places on the web. He is a graduate of Columbia University, and has a long and impressive pedigree.
Saving Animals; In 1890 George Angell and the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MSPCA) held an essay contest entitled “Why I Am Against Vivisection.” The winner of the contest, Joseph Greene of Dorchester, Massachusetts, later reached out to lawyer and doctor Philip Peabody, one of the contest judges, with the idea of forming an anti-vivisection society. Peabody agreed, and Greene began organizing a number of Boston’s influential individuals. The first NEAVS meeting was held at Peabody’s house on March 30, 1895, and the first office was opened at 179A Tremont St. in Boston on Sep. 12 of the same year, with Peabody serving as NEAVS president.